This bill was neither requested by citizens nor the Wake County School Board. What happened to reducing “big government?” Passing this bill opens up the floodgates for similar legislation across the state.

Districts were just redrawn after the 2010 Census. Redrawing them so soon after is costly. Taxpayers will have to foot the bill for for new Wake County voter cards (upwards of $200,000) and for costly litigation that is likely to occur.

The bill does not increase representation for voters, with its two proposed at-large districts. In fact, the chance that children won’t attend a school in the district where their family lives increases.

Redrawing lines that racially polarize the community does harm to our county. One of the at-large districts proposed creates a minority district.